| In September, 2009, severe earthquakes | | | | Of course, earthquakes and other disasters |
| devastated the capital of West Sumatra in | | | | happen all over the world, and the need for safe |
| Indonesia. Thousands of people were left without | | | | water is always critical. Although bottled water |
| sanitary drinking water when the water supply | | | | can be flown in, the fastest way to make |
| station serving 60% of the population was put | | | | substantial amounts of water available for the |
| out of commission. Since water is a critical | | | | most people is by using these new technological |
| resource in keeping people healthy, and none of | | | | wonders. The diesel-powered units supplied by Pall |
| us can live without it, people began drinking unsafe | | | | are capable of cleaning almost any source of |
| water from the rivers and canals, and they began | | | | water in about an hour's time. The way the |
| getting sick. It became extremely critical to get | | | | equipment works requires little in the way of |
| sources of fresh water into the affected areas in | | | | manpower and maintenance which makes it ideal |
| order to save lives. | | | | for remote areas of the globe. |
| At that point, the Pall Corporation, a worldwide | | | | As mentioned earlier, these mobile water |
| leader in the production of mobile water | | | | purification systems are also being used to |
| purification systems, sent two military treatment | | | | provide clean water for troops deployed all over |
| systems into the region. These machines were | | | | the world. Pall equipment uses an integrated |
| used to treat as much as 400,000 liters of | | | | membrane system which requires less additives, |
| potable water each day which was enough to | | | | such as cartridge filters, cleaning chemicals, and |
| supply 75,000 households. The systems were also | | | | scale inhibitors. The machines are also appropriate |
| able to convert sea water into drinking water, so | | | | for shipboard applications as well as for |
| they were placed on nearby beaches. However, | | | | temporary backup units for municipal uses. Any |
| since they can be transported by air, sea, and | | | | time, any place, Pall emergency mobile drinking |
| land, it was possible to move them, and similar | | | | water trailers can make the difference between |
| systems, anywhere in the area where water was | | | | life and death for thousands of people. |
| needed. | | | | |